County Property Sale Invalidated, Will Start Over
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By Jordan Fouts-
County attorney Chad Miner said a residence in North Webster that the county acquired at a sheriff’s sale and recently sold at auction turned out to have issues with the foreclosure process, meaning the county legally may not have had the title or the ability to sell it. He recommended vacating the sale and restarting the foreclosure process from the beginning, and added the county may not even be interested in acquiring it again at another sheriff’s sale.
The highest bidder at auction was Mike Kissinger, who expressed to commissioners this morning no objection to restarting the process but did ask if he could be compensated for certain expenses, such as a title search and some cleanup at the property. Kissinger had signed an agreement to clean up the property but the county had not formally accepted his bid, commissioners heard.
Commissioners agreed that the foreclosure process needs to be redone, something Commissioner Ron Truex said is separate from Kissinger’s issue. He added they can’t promise him anything as far as acquisition of the property, but said the county should help him with expenses.
Also this morning, commissioners accepted a bid of $425,589 for work on Bridge 209 on Front Street over Turkey Creek. The bid from Northern Indiana Construction Company of Mishawaka was higher than the engineer’s estimate of $358,000, but was the only bid received.
And they recognized World War II veteran Charlie Morton as veteran of the month. Morton, who was born in 1925 and has been married to his wife, Isabel, for 63 years, was involved in the liberation of the Philippines and the occupation of Japan during his service from 1943 to 1946.
As a clerk typist, it was his job to write letters of condolence for the families of service members who were killed. Morton’s commendations include the Asiatic Pacific Theater Ribbon with two bronze stars and the Philippine Liberation Ribbon with two bronze stars.
After the Army, he earned a degree in agricultural economics from Purdue University and worked for 40 years for Halderman Farm Management Service.
“I do feel quite honored, I didn’t expect to see all this today,” he remarked to the audience full of family and fellow Kiwanis members. “I appreciate it very much.”[[In-content Ad]]
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County attorney Chad Miner said a residence in North Webster that the county acquired at a sheriff’s sale and recently sold at auction turned out to have issues with the foreclosure process, meaning the county legally may not have had the title or the ability to sell it. He recommended vacating the sale and restarting the foreclosure process from the beginning, and added the county may not even be interested in acquiring it again at another sheriff’s sale.
The highest bidder at auction was Mike Kissinger, who expressed to commissioners this morning no objection to restarting the process but did ask if he could be compensated for certain expenses, such as a title search and some cleanup at the property. Kissinger had signed an agreement to clean up the property but the county had not formally accepted his bid, commissioners heard.
Commissioners agreed that the foreclosure process needs to be redone, something Commissioner Ron Truex said is separate from Kissinger’s issue. He added they can’t promise him anything as far as acquisition of the property, but said the county should help him with expenses.
Also this morning, commissioners accepted a bid of $425,589 for work on Bridge 209 on Front Street over Turkey Creek. The bid from Northern Indiana Construction Company of Mishawaka was higher than the engineer’s estimate of $358,000, but was the only bid received.
And they recognized World War II veteran Charlie Morton as veteran of the month. Morton, who was born in 1925 and has been married to his wife, Isabel, for 63 years, was involved in the liberation of the Philippines and the occupation of Japan during his service from 1943 to 1946.
As a clerk typist, it was his job to write letters of condolence for the families of service members who were killed. Morton’s commendations include the Asiatic Pacific Theater Ribbon with two bronze stars and the Philippine Liberation Ribbon with two bronze stars.
After the Army, he earned a degree in agricultural economics from Purdue University and worked for 40 years for Halderman Farm Management Service.
“I do feel quite honored, I didn’t expect to see all this today,” he remarked to the audience full of family and fellow Kiwanis members. “I appreciate it very much.”[[In-content Ad]]
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